Capital humano como um fator para o desenvolvimento regional: uma análise na era da Economia do Conhecimento

The education always was in guideline in the academic and professional field, and, therefore, it is considered basic for the personal development, politician, professional and social, improving positive externalities effects for the individual and their fellow. The article provides an overview of the education and the human capital theme as a production factor, under the prism of the economic theories, approaching still, the regional development and its connection with the university in the knowledge economy. It is emphasized that the contextof the education has not received due recognition by classical and neoclassical economists, which was done with the advent of the theory of human capital, result of the works of Jacob Mincer and Theodore Schultz, and subsequently, by the Gary Becker. It is also reference to the theory of social capital, discussed in several areas, notably in sociology and economics, and the theory of endogenous growth, which established relationship with the human capital growth based on knowledge, have a rethink on the development regional.